Tania Campbell 
Martin, another Kreisrat of Esslingen, that I had met in Leipzig, picked me up by bike and cycled about 35 km with me – thanks for that! We first went to Esslingen, an amazing medieval town with lots of half-timbered houses, which also has part of the administration of the Landratsamt. Unfortunately we were too … Read more
After a nice breakfast with interesting background information on all kinds of local politics by the landlady of the Alte Kass, I set off leisurely to explore Landkreis Esslingen, one of the twinned Landkreise of Munich. I followed the ‚Streuobstroute‚ (Streuobstwiesen are a kind of organic, wild orchard, I could not find an English translation … Read more
After a pretty good night in the tent I woke up much later than expected, but was ready to go within an hour, all packed up. The ground is so dry that I did not have to wait for the tent to dry. While I was packing up my neighbours chatted with me quite a … Read more
Spent the last morning with Phil wandering around Augsburg and going to quite an interesting exhibition I had read about: The women of the Elvira photo-studio in Augsburg and Munich (https://kunstsammlungen-museen.augsburg.de/atelier-elvira ). We finally parted company at the station, Phil taking the train back to Munich. I went on, leaving Augsburg to the West, along … Read more
What a send-off! Of course my family was up and about to say good-bye, but two colleagues (Gerlinde and Susanna) also came armed with a poster, and then five people from the local cycling club came along for part of the ride, as well! Wow, I am still overwhelmed! Today was also the day a … Read more
The last time I went on a bike ride (mainly) on my own that was more than a week long was probably around the North Sea in the early 1990s, so I suppose almost 30 years ago. In the meantime some of my equipment has been given away (cooker), is not functional anymore (tent) or … Read more
Another bike tour including an excellent breakfast, this time in Neuried. We are trying out some of the suggestions from the SZ – so far really good. We continued on to Tollwood, and since we were going from West-Munich to the North most of this part of the route was new to us. Tollwood was … Read more
After a great breakfast in Taufkirchen, we continued South to Arget, part of Sauerlach, to have a look at their museum‘s open day. The way there was mainly through woods on the M-Wasserweg, very pleasant on a hot, sunny day. As some of the other local museums it consists of some old building(s) with old … Read more